Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014

The Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 20)

11.—(1) In Article 69(4)(b)(i) for “relevant board” substitute “Authority”.

(2) In Article 71 for “relevant board” (wherever occurring) substitute “Authority”.

(3) In Article 73(3) for “relevant board” substitute “Authority”.

(4) In Article 75 for “relevant board” (wherever occurring) substitute “Authority”.

(5) In Article 76 for “relevant board” (wherever occurring) substitute “Authority”.

(6) In Article 80(3) for “a board” substitute “the Authority or a board”.

(7) In Article 83—

(a) in paragraph (3) for “any board or person” substitute “the Authority or any other person” and for “that board or person” substitute “the Authority or that person”;

(b) in paragraph (5) for “person” substitute “a person”;

(c) in paragraph (6) for “person to which or” substitute “the person”.

(8) In Article 84(2) for “or person” substitute “or that person”.

(9) In Article 92(1) and (9)(b) for “relevant board” substitute “Authority”.

(10) In Article 93(3) for “relevant board” substitute “Authority”.

(11) In Article 95(1) for “relevant board” substitute “Authority”.

(12) In Article 96(5) and (6)(a) for “relevant board” substitute “Authority”.

(13) In Article 127(5) for “The board for the area in which a grammar school is situated” substitute “In relation to a grammar school, the Authority”.

(14) In Article 135(1) for “that board or” substitute “the Authority or the”.

(15) In Articles 137(1) and 139(4)(a) for “any board” substitute “the Authority”.

(16) In Article 139(4)(b) for “any such board” substitute “the Authority and any such”.

(17) In Article 140 for the words from “Article 62” to “1993” substitute “Article 72 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998”.

(18) In Article 153 for paragraphs (2) to (4) substitute—

“(2) A scheme under paragraph (1) may provide—

(a) for any specified functions of the Authority under the scheme to be exercised by committees of the Authority (“teaching appointments committees”);

(b) for a teaching appointments committee to include persons who are not members of the Authority; and

(c) for a teaching appointments committee to exercise functions on behalf of, and in the name of, the Authority.

(3) Before preparing or revising a scheme under paragraph (1) the Authority shall consult the Board of Governors of every controlled school.

(4) A scheme prepared or revised under paragraph (1) does not come into force unless approved by the Department.

(5) It shall be the duty of the Authority to give effect to a scheme or revised scheme for the time being in force under paragraph (1).”.